[Intro – soft piano]
(piano only)
(male vocal – quiet)
I gave everything
Just to keep you close
Didn’t even realise
What it cost
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[Verse 1]
(piano only, light ambient pad)
(male vocal – reflective)
Changed the way I spoke
Changed the way I moved
Changed the way I saw myself
Just to fit with you
Every little part of me
Started fading out
Trying to be the version
You would care about
Every time I stayed
When I should’ve gone
Every time I felt it
But I still held on
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[Pre-Chorus]
(piano building slightly, soft harmonies)
(male vocal)
There was no space
For me to breathe
No middle ground
Just you and me
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[Chorus]
(piano, soft harmonies)
To love you
I had to lose myself
To hold you
I became someone else
To love you
There was no in-between
It was all your world
And no room for me
To love you
I gave more than I had
Tried to fix something
That always felt bad
To love you
I let everything go
And I’m still learning
How to say no
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[Verse 2]
(piano continues, light percussion enters softly)
(male vocal – emotional)
Every compromise
Turned into a change
Every little moment
Never stayed the same
You would pull me close
Just to push away
Left me trying harder
Every single day
And I kept believing
You would finally see
Love shouldn’t feel like
Losing me
But I stayed too long
In a place like that
Now I’m finding pieces
I’m trying to get back
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[Pre-Chorus]
(piano lift, harmonies)
(male vocal)
I forgot who I was
Trying to be enough
For someone
Who needed too much
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[Chorus]
(piano, soft harmonies)
To love you
I had to lose myself
To hold you
I became someone else
To love you
There was no in-between
It was all your world
And no room for me
To love you
I gave more than I had
Tried to fix something
That always felt bad
To love you
I let everything go
And I’m still learning
How to say no
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[Bridge]
(piano softer, emotional tone)
(male vocal)
Maybe love
Shouldn’t feel like war
Maybe love
Shouldn’t hurt this much
Maybe love
Is meant to be
Something that sets you free
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[Final Chorus]
(piano and light lift, stronger harmonies)
To love you
I had to lose myself
To hold you
I became someone else
To love you
There was no in-between
It was all your world
And no room for me
To love you
I gave more than I had
But now I see clearly
What I never had
To love you
I let everything go
And now I’m learning
How to love my own soul
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[Outro]
(piano fading)
(male vocal – soft)
To love you…
I lost me
BENJAMINAI
